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The University of Cambridge has defended a law exam described as 'horrific' by students because of itsgraphic depictions of oral sex, male rape and naked torture.

The
university's renowned law faculty has used real-life scenarios for
exams in the past, but many students were left shocked by its latest
test questions.

Around 200 students sitting the exam on Saturday morning were presented with a scenario involving a fictional college drinking society's initiation ceremony which went on to describe several indecent assaults.

Like everything else, dating has moved online in recent years through
a combination of organized dating services and incidental meetings (the
Ars forums have enabled a number of matches). Now, a new survey of
American households shows just how important this phenomenon has become:
since 2005, a third of marriages were the result of online meetings,
with nearly half of those coming through online dating services. The
good news? Fewer relationships that started online ended up in divorce,
and people were generally more satisfied with the ones that survived.

The numbers come from a survey sponsored by eHarmony, a dating site
that frequently uses its advertisements to suggest that it makes matches
based on psychologically validated personality profiles. As revealed in
the conflict of interest statement, one of the researchers involved in
the new study is a scientific advisor to eHarmony. But the researchers
got the dating company to allow them to publish their survey analysis no
matter what it showed, and the group hired an outside statistician to
validate the work.

Under the purview of the Department of Education, the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will now include in its calculation of students' eligibility for financial aid the income of cohabiting, unmarried parents -- including same-sex spouses that are generally unrecognized by the federal government due to the Defense of Marriage Act. LGBTQ organizations have long fought for this legal change; indeed, our community has accepted it as a political victory. Gay activists and commentators argue that the new policy is more just because it reflects the real structure of families -- that it validates "LGBTQ families and experience." The Web is replete with stories of unfortunate children of same-sex couples who had to include only one parent in their applications in previous years (despite having two parents living together) and who suffered emotionally pain as a consequence (even in the face of typically larger tuition grants under the old policy).